Correct: The answer is b. The members of the Colored People’s Convention of South Carolina feared that “black laws” would emerge to strip the newly freed people of their constitutional rights. Their suspicions were well founded.

Incorrect: The answer is b. The members of the Colored People’s Convention of South Carolina feared that “black laws” would emerge to strip the newly freed people of their constitutional rights. Their suspicions were well founded.

Correct: The answer is d. In her appeal for female suffrage, Rollin concedes “that woman’s ennobling influence should be confined chiefly to home and society.” Many women who advocated for an expansion of female rights made these types of concessions in order to appeal to their male counterparts who were in control of the decision.

Incorrect: The answer is d. In her appeal for female suffrage, Rollin concedes “that woman’s ennobling influence should be confined chiefly to home and society.” Many women who advocated for an expansion of female rights made these types of concessions in order to appeal to their male counterparts who were in control of the decision.

Correct: The answer is a. Elliot attacked Stephens by reminding his audience that it was Stephens who “shocked” the civilized world by proposing the beginning of a “new government which rested on human slavery as its cornerstone.”

Incorrect: The answer is a. Elliot attacked Stephens by reminding his audience that it was Stephens who “shocked” the civilized world by proposing the beginning of a “new government which rested on human slavery as its cornerstone.”

Correct: The answer is d. In this excerpt, Pike mourns the state of governmental affairs in South Carolina because African Americans made up a disproportionate number of members in the state House of Representatives. He bemoans the powerful position of the state’s African Americans.

Incorrect: The answer is d. In this excerpt, Pike mourns the state of governmental affairs in South Carolina because African Americans made up a disproportionate number of members in the state House of Representatives. He bemoans the powerful position of the state’s African Americans.

Correct: The answer is a. Grant’s letter conveyed a weariness on the part of the federal government to settle state affairs in the South. Instead, Grant advocated local control over local affairs in his response.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Grant’s letter conveyed a weariness on the part of the federal government to settle state affairs in the South. Instead, Grant advocated local control over local affairs in his response.